Thanks. I've got the two logs we made Sunday in what should be a good spot. East side of cellar entrance, south of a concrete planter that's a repurposed freeze proof concrete cattle watering tank so well protected from the wind which was stressed in class and also shaded from late morning on. The cellar sump pump discharges just upgrade of the logs. It's always a wet spot except in really dry summertime. They should stay well watered there and if supplemental water is needed, the garden hose is always available.
I'm going to give a couple of different oyster types a whirl. Know nothing about lion's mane - but inoculation products - both sawdust and dowels are available for them too. Dowels seem so much easier, can't see any reason not to use them.